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Another Hidden Bailout: Helping Wall Street Collect Your Rent
Post Date: 2012-04-17 09:31:02 by tom007
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Another Hidden Bailout: Helping Wall Street Collect Your Rent POSTED: March 19, 10:55 AM ET Tweet Comment 65 foreclosure A foreclosure sign sits in front of a home for sale in Stockton, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Here's yet another form of hidden bailout the federal government doles out to our big banks, without the public having much of a clue. This is from the WSJ this morning: Some of the biggest names on Wall Street are lining up to become landlords to cash-strapped Americans by bidding on pools of foreclosed properties being sold by Fannie Mae... While the current approach of selling homes one-by-one has its own high costs and is sometimes inefficient, selling ...
Corporations That Spent The Most On Lobbying Saw Tax Rates Decline: Report
Post Date: 2012-04-17 09:13:56 by tom007
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Corporations That Spent The Most On Lobbying Saw Tax Rates Decline: Report Posted: 04/17/2012 8:09 am Updated: 04/17/2012 8:09 am Share on Google+ The top eight companies that spent the most on federal lobbying from 2007 to 2009 all saw their reported tax rates decrease from 2007 to 2010, according to a new analysis released Monday by the Sunlight Foundation. The report notes that these top eight firms spent $540 million on lobbying from 2007 to 2009. They filed 332 lobbying reports that mentioned taxes and named 491 different tax bills in those reports. The top eight companies that spent the most on lobbying were Exxon Mobil, Verizon Communications, General Electric, AT&T, Altria, ...
Dan Meridor: We misquoted Ahmadinejad
Post Date: 2012-04-17 08:54:01 by tom007
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Dan Meridor: We misquoted Ahmadinejad We analyse the words and issues central to the dispute between Iran and Israel with Israel's deputy prime minister. T As the US and Europe confront Iran in talks about its nuclear programme, the diplomatic tensions between Iran and Israel remain at boiling point, with threats of an attack on the Islamic Republic by the Jewish state. And there is one expression that is continuously invoked by the Israeli leadership in order to justify its claims that Iran is an existential threat. In the words of Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister: "They are the leaders of Iran who called for a new Holocaust and who vowed to wipe Israel off the ...
hy Living In The American Empire Isn't All That It's Cracked Up To Be
Post Date: 2012-04-17 08:22:11 by tom007
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Why Living In The American Empire Isn't All That It's Cracked Up To Be The Daily Reckoning | Apr. 3, 2012, 6:57 AM | 6,026 | 40 A A A army supply drop parachutes The U.S. Army The Army drops supplies in Afghanistan The Daily Reckoning URL The Daily Reckoning features Entertaining Ideas on the Economy, Markets, Gold, Oil and Investing Strategies Recent Posts Sometimes Good Investment Ideas Are Stupidly Obvious China Widens Trading Band Could Gold Rise on One Country’s Meltdown? RSS Feed The Daily Reckoning Thoughts While Sitting in Chilean Traffic China Widens Trading Band Could Gold Rise on One Country’s Meltdown? The Rising Price of a Falling Dollar It’s ...
Moyers: Wall Street's Massive Freak Out When Asked to Pay Their Fair Share Former allies are turning on the president now that he wants to close gaping tax loopholes for the 1 percent.
Post Date: 2012-04-15 12:16:51 by tom007
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Moyers: Wall Street's Massive Freak Out When Asked to Pay Their Fair Share Former allies are turning on the president now that he wants to close gaping tax loopholes for the 1 percent. April 12, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest Economy headlines via email. Benjamin Franklin, who used his many talents to become a wealthy man, famously said that the only things certain in life are death and taxes. But if you’re a corporate CEO in America today, even they can be put on the back burner – death held at bay by the best medical care money can buy and the latest in surgical and life extension techniques, taxes ...
Is America Really Free?
Post Date: 2012-04-15 10:27:14 by F.A. Hayek Fan
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The recent outcry by the American Media complaining of mass riots over the Russian election has gotten me thinking. Do the youth in Russia protesting understand exactly how free they are compared with the American's slandering them? Consider the facts. 1. America's Free Press Six Corporations control the American press (Walt Disney, General Electric, New Corporation, Viacom, CBS, and Time Warner), whether in print, or on the television. They even used the frequently derogatory term bloggers to refer to free publications that do not follow their talking points. In covering the protest in Russia the supposedly freest press in the world even saw many programs using falls footage, ...
Extra, extra! Foreign press, translated Website lets Americans see what the world's non-English publications say about US policy
Post Date: 2012-04-15 08:30:02 by tom007
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Extra, extra! Foreign press, translated Website lets Americans see what the world's non-English publications say about US policy Print E-mail Facebook Twitter Yahoo! Buzz Digg Add This Permissions By Susan Llewelyn Leach, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor / July 14, 2005 The headline reads, "Columbus' Discovery of America: History's 'Biggest Mistake.' " That might sound harsh to an American audience, but it's less likely to ruffle Iraqis reading it in Arabic. Another zinger, this one from Tunisia, bluntly states, "The United States: a Country Beyond the Law." A Mexican headline declares: "Time Near for Bush to Pay the ...
The Banksters Ultimate Dream: A Cashless Society, Starting With the Military
Post Date: 2012-04-15 08:12:34 by tom007
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The Banksters Ultimate Dream: A Cashless Society, Starting With the Military Leave a Comment Tweet SGT Report April 14, 2012 Why is a cashless society the holy grail of total tyrannical control for the Banksters? Because once your entire financial banking life is under the dominion of these criminals in the form of a card or an implanted chip, you will never again be free. They are already tracking you, building a database about you and monitoring your every move. But once cash transactions are done away with entirely, if the Banksters (or fascist government) don’t like your point of view or politics, they can just turn your chip off. Silver is the Achilles Heel of the Financial ...
The President Of Iceland Tells Us How He Had The Balls To Stand Up To Britain
Post Date: 2012-04-15 07:25:31 by tom007
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The President Of Iceland Tells Us How He Had The Balls To Stand Up To Britain Adam Taylor | Apr. 13, 2012, 11:05 AM | 4,385 | 50 A A A The president of Iceland sits in his study drinking tea from an immaculate china set. "If a collapse in the financial sector can bring one of the most stable and secure democracies and political structures to his knees as happened in Iceland," Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson says to me, "then what could it do in countries that have less stable democratic and political history?" The tiny country is unique not only in its stunning geography but also in its open democracy. This democracy was pivotal in the choice to let three ...
An Apple a Day Melts the Pounds Away!
Post Date: 2012-04-14 17:32:42 by tom007
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An Apple a Day Melts the Pounds Away! Posted: 04/12/2012 5:17 pm Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out. Crowding out is a term used in nutritional circles to describe how to eat in a healthy way so that you never even have the chance to feel hungry. You literally crowd out the junk you think you want to eat by choosing to eat key foods throughout the day so that you're always satisfied. Isn't that preferable to depriving yourself of foods and white-knuckling it all the way? When you gradually add in nutrient-dense, fiber-rich foods, you simply stop feeling cravings. You run out of space in your belly for the old junk. Instead of ...
Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS Funded By $10 Million Checks
Post Date: 2012-04-13 22:04:53 by tom007
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Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS Funded By $10 Million Checks Karl Rove, Crossroads GPS, American Crossroads, Irs, Karl Rove's Crossroads Gps, Megadonors, Super Pac, Politics News Karl Rove Crossroads Gps WASHINGTON -- The “GPS” in Crossroads GPS ostensibly stands for grassroots policy strategies, but the Washington Post reported Friday that nearly 90 percent of the money flowing through the Karl Rove-associated group has come from as few as two dozen anonymous donors, two of whom gave at least $10 million each. The group, known for funding hard-hitting attack ads against congressional Democrats in the 2010 elections, has said that it and its sister group, American ...
Cannibalize the Future
Post Date: 2012-04-13 20:06:00 by tom007
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Cannibalize the Future By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: April 12, 2012 Recommend Twitter Linkedin comments (564) Sign In to E-Mail Print Reprints Share One general rule of modern politics is that the people who talk most about future generations — who go around solemnly declaring that we’re burdening our children with debt — are, in practice, the people most eager to sacrifice our future for short-term political gain. You can see that principle at work in the House Republican budget, which starts with dire warnings about the evils of deficits, then calls for tax cuts that would make the deficit even bigger, offset only by the claim to have a secret plan to make up for the revenue ...
Notice: Free Republic has been in full rebellion mode since 2008 and will remain so for the duration (JimRob not going to waffle --yet -- like he did on GW Bush support)
Post Date: 2012-04-12 00:44:07 by Ferret
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Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 8:04:00 PM by Jim Robinson Notice: Free Republic has been in full rebellion mode since 2008 and will remain in full rebellion mode for the duration! No more Doles!! No more McCains!! No more RINOS!! NO ROMNEY!! Those who cannot stomach rebellion might as well start looking for a new home on the net!! Those who have ignored my hundreds of posts on this crucial issue or who have doubted me these last three or four years might as well get used to it. FR will never support the abortionist, homosexualist, socialist, mandate loving, constitution trampling liar Mitt Romney. In case you haven't noticed, a TEA Party rebellion is on and Free Republic ...
The "Rorschach" Facts in the Killing of Trayvon Martin
Post Date: 2012-04-11 22:40:39 by farmfriend
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The "Rorschach" Facts in the Killing of Trayvon Martin Alan Dershowitz The time has come for the cheerleading on both sides to stop in the killing of Trayvon Martin and for everybody to unite around the need for the truth -- or as much of it as we can recapture -- to emerge as to precisely what happened on that dark, rainy night. Once the facts have been established, by scientific, forensic and other evidence, then we can begin to analyze whether these facts constitute a defense under Florida's stand your ground statute, which, for better or worse, strongly favors the defendant. At the moment, the facts in the case -- at least those known to the public -- are ever ...
Q&A: Hooman Majd on Iran and sanctions Iranian-American author says sanctions are “turning into a form of collective punishment” against people in Iran.
Post Date: 2012-04-11 18:52:11 by tom007
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Q&A: Hooman Majd on Iran and sanctions Iranian-American author says sanctions are “turning into a form of collective punishment” against people in Iran. Matthew Cassel Last Modified: 11 Apr 2012 12:56 Tweet Email Article Email Print Article Print Share article Share Send Feedback Feedback Author Hooman Majd says Iran will not capitulate [Ken Browar] In a recent New York Times op-ed, Iranian-American journalist Hooman Majd wrote that sanctions against Iran are “turning into a form of collective punishment” and are unlikely to bring about the change western governments are after. Western nations have increased bilateral sanctions in recent years as Iran forges ahead ...
AP: Zimmerman To Be Charged With 2nd Degree Murder [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-04-11 17:39:52 by tom007
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AP: Zimmerman To Be Charged With 2nd Degree Murder George Zimmerman will be charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the Associated Press reports. Both the AP and NBC News report that Zimmerman is in police custody. The charges are expected to be announced at 6 p.m. ET. Reported by David Taintor
Explosive: Monsanto 'Knowingly Poisoned Workers' Causing Devastating Birth Defects
Post Date: 2012-04-11 16:53:03 by tom007
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Explosive: Monsanto 'Knowingly Poisoned Workers' Causing Devastating Birth Defects Anthony Gucciardi Activist Post In a developing news piece just unleashed by a courthouse news wire, Monsanto is being brought to court by dozens of Argentinean tobacco farmers who say that the biotech giant knowingly poisoned them with herbicides and pesticides and subsequently caused "devastating birth defects" in their children. The farmers are now suing not only Monsanto on behalf of their children, but many big tobacco giants as well. The birth defects that the farmers say occurred as a result are many, and include cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, psychomotor retardation, missing ...
Media Dishonesty and Race Hustlers by Walter E. Williams
Post Date: 2012-04-11 12:18:13 by christine
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When NBC's "Today" show played the audio of George Zimmerman's call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: "This guy looks like he's up to no good. He looks black." What Zimmerman actually said was: "This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something. It's raining, and he's just walking around, looking about." The 911 officer responded by asking, "OK, and this guy – is he black, white or Hispanic?" Zimmerman replied, "He looks black." NBC says it's investigating the doctoring of the audio, but there's ...
Allen West: I've 'Heard' 80 House Democrats Are Communist Party Members
Post Date: 2012-04-11 09:55:08 by tom007
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Allen West: I've 'Heard' 80 House Democrats Are Communist Party Members WASHINGTON -- As many as 80 House Democrats are communists, according to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.). West warned constituents at a Tuesday town hall event that he's "heard" that dozens of his Democratic colleagues in the House are members of the Communist Party, the Palm Beach Post reported. West wouldn't elaborate beyond that, however, and didn't offer up any names. There are currently 190 House Democrats. A request for comment from West's spokeswoman was not immediately returned. During the same event, which took place at Florida Atlantic University, the freshman Republican ...
Way Way Cool
Post Date: 2012-04-11 09:19:15 by tom007
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Pakistani Lawyer Representing Victims of Drone Strikes Prevented From Speaking in U.S.
Post Date: 2012-04-11 08:59:03 by tom007
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Pakistani Lawyer Representing Victims of Drone Strikes Prevented From Speaking in U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights 9-drone-strikes-da-.jpg The body of an eight-year-old boy killed by a missile strike in Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan, in a photo taken on Feb. 14, 2009. April 9, 2012 Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar has been invited to speak at an International Drone Summit in Washington DC on April 28, but the U.S. government is failing to grant him a visa. The Summit is organized by the peace group CODEPINK and the legal advocacy organizations Reprieve and the Center for Constitutional Rights. Akbar, co-founder of the Pakistani human rights organization Foundation for ...
McGrath: “The Control Grid is Being Put Into Place to Handle What They Know Is Coming.”
Post Date: 2012-04-09 17:49:36 by tom007
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McGrath: “The Control Grid is Being Put Into Place to Handle What They Know Is Coming.” April 7, 2012 Print Version By Mac Slavo SHTFPlan.com Charlie McGrath of Wide Awake News offers an insightful and succint breakdown of what’s really going on behind the scenes of government and finance, and says that the people have had enough. The push-back has been growing for quite some time, starting first with Tea Party protests in 2009 and then with widespread Occupy protests in 2011. With the system already in the midst of collapse and slowly destabilizing, many have not yet realized what’s happening. Excerpted from Charlie McGrath (video follows excerpt): You’re ...
When Government Safety Nets Break
Post Date: 2012-04-09 12:41:27 by Jethro Tull
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The West's governments are going to default, one way or another. Politicians cannot bring themselves to stop spending money the governments do not have. The deficits of the major Western governments are now so great as to be irreversible. The governments must now borrow money to be used to pay interest on money already borrowed. In the housing market, this is called a backward-walking mortgage. It invariably spells default. The subprime mortgages were mostly of this type. The West's largest governments are therefore subprime borrowers. Politicians no longer speak about politically viable plans to call a halt to these deficits. They speak as though revenues will come from some ...
Happy Easter All
Post Date: 2012-04-09 10:10:23 by tom007
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How the US Uses Sexual Humiliation as a Political Tool to Control the Masses
Post Date: 2012-04-08 20:16:05 by tom007
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How the US Uses Sexual Humiliation as a Political Tool to Control the Masses Believe me, you don't want the state having the power to strip your clothes off. And yet, it's exactly what is happening By Naomi Wolf April 08, 2012 "The Guardian" -- In a five-four ruling this week, the supreme court decided that anyone can be strip-searched upon arrest for any offense, however minor, at any time. This horror show ruling joins two recent horror show laws: the NDAA, which lets anyone be arrested forever at any time, and HR 347, the "trespass bill", which gives you a 10-year sentence for protesting anywhere near someone with secret service protection. These ...
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